Genesis 11
1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
Now the whole earth used one language and had the same words.
2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
As they journeyed in the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and they settled there.
3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
They said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They had brick instead of stone and tar as mortar.
4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top [may reach] unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
They said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower whose top will reach to the sky, and let us make a name for ourselves. If we do not, we will be scattered across the surface of the whole earth.”
5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
So Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower which the descendants of Adam had built.
6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people [is] one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
Yahweh said, “Look, they are one people with the same language, and they are beginning to do this! Soon nothing that they intend to do will be impossible for them.
7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
Come, let us go down and confuse their language there, so that they may not understand each other.”
8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
So Yahweh scattered them from there across the surface of all the earth and they stopped building the city.
9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Therefore, its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of the whole earth and from there Yahweh scattered them abroad over the surface of all the earth.
10 These [are] the generations of Shem: Shem [was] an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
These were the descendants of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and he became the father of Arphaxad two years after the flood.
11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arphaxad. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
When Arphaxad had lived thirty-five years, he became the father of Shelah.
13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
Arphaxad lived 403 years after he became the father of Shelah. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
When Shelah had lived thirty years, he became the father of Eber.
15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
Shelah lived 403 years after he became the father of Eber. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
When Eber had lived thirty-four years, he became the father of Peleg.
17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
Eber lived 430 years after he became the father of Peleg. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
When Peleg had lived thirty years, he became the father of Reu.
19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
Peleg lived 209 years after he became the father of Reu. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
When Reu had lived thirty-two years, he became the father of Serug.
21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.
Reu lived 207 years after he became the father of Serug. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
When Serug had lived thirty years, he became the father of Nahor.
23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
When Nahor had live twenty-nine years, he became the father of Terah.
25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
Nahor lived 119 years after he became the father of Terah. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
After Terah had lived seventy years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Now these [are] the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
Now these were the descendants of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran, and Haran became the father of Lot.
28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife [was] Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai and the name of Nahor's wife was Milkah, a daughter of Haran, who was the father of Milkah and Iskah.
30 But Sarai was barren; she [had] no child.
Now Sarai was barren; she had no child.
31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of his son Haran, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife, and together they left Ur of the Chaldeans, to go into the land of Canaan. But they came to Haran and stayed there.
32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
Terah lived 205 years and then died in Haran.
